PMID: 22338793Feb 22, 2012Paper

Development of fat distribution patterns in children and its association with the type of body shape assessed by the Metric-Index

Anthropologischer Anzeiger; Bericht über die biologisch-anthropologische Literatur
Christiane Scheffler, Janina Obermüller

Abstract

The present cross-sectional anthropometric study evaluates new approaches in preventing overweight in children. Anthropometric data were obtained in 289 German children (146 boys, 143 girls) aged 6-11 years and 41 20-29 year old German female students for describing the type of body shape by Metric-Index (thoracic breadth, thoracic depth, height). The data were correlated with 15 fat layers measured with a lipometer with Principal Component Analyses and ANOVA. In females the android respectively gynoid type of body shape was significantly associated with the pyknomorphic respectively leptomorphic type. The study demonstrates that this pattern is established by an age of 8 years, when the earliest maturing children start to enter puberty. This pattern can be used to check the individual's risk of overweight and to recommend preventive healthcare interventions.

Citations

May 11, 2017·American Journal of Human Biology : the Official Journal of the Human Biology Council·Christiane Scheffler, Melanie Dammhahn
Aug 3, 2018·Clinical and Molecular Hepatology·Laura RotundoHyun-Seok Kim
Apr 4, 2019·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Márta SzmodisHan C G Kemper
May 31, 2019·European Journal of Clinical Nutrition·C SchefflerA Pulungan
Feb 6, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Christiane SchefflerAman B Pulungan

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